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Genesis 5:22-29
New International Version
Genesis 5:22-29
New International Version
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God(A) 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God;(B) then he was no more, because God took him away.(C)
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.(D) 26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah[a](E) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(F)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
Genesis 5:22-29
King James Version
Genesis 5:22-29
King James Version
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
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